Ukrainian Forces Confirmed Russian Patrol Ship Pavel Derzhavin Destroyed On Its Spot-Check Raid Near Sevastopol

Details of the incident are being clarified.

A large patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Pavel Derzhavin, could explode in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. Online media reports that this happened during a routine raid. In particular, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel writes that the ship Pavel Derzhavin could have exploded on a mine.

Their subscribers and residents of Sevastopol reported that they heard a dull explosion yesterday, October 11, at about 10 a.m.

Later that day they discovered a ship and a boat in the sea near Sevastopol. Judging by the size of the ship - approximately 60 meters - it could only be a minesweeping ship.

Speaker of the Odessa OVA Sergei Bratchuk commented on the information about possible damage to the enemy ship.

Speaker of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk commented on the information about possible damage to the enemy vessel.

“There is preliminary information about the explosion of the Pavel Derzhavin patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The ship was on an external spot-check in the waters of temporarily occupied Sevastopol. Previously, it was blown up by a Russian sea mine,” Bratchuk noted.

At the same time, The head of the Press Center of the Southern Defence Forces of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, said that blowing up the ship on a mine is quite possible.

“Such sloppiness by representatives of the Russian Black Sea Fleet... either they will hold a meeting in the wrong place, or they will enter the sea in the wrong place. Anything can happen. We are clarifying the circumstances and checking this information,” noted Natalia Humeniuk.

Also, information about the damage to the ship was confirmed by the representative of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, on Radio Liberty.

While he cannot tell all the details about this incident, he confirmed the fact of damage on Radio Liberty. He clarified that this ship belongs to the Russian Navy, although Ukraine previously had a ship with the same name.

Note that Russia has only four such vessels: Vasily Bykov, Dmitry Rogachev, Pavel Derzhavin and Sergey Kotov.